Probe under way in collision of 2 planes

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Authorities were trying Monday to learn why two small planes collided over a row of businesses, showering debris and body parts and killing a man in an auto dealership when one of the aircraft punctured the roof.

Five dead: All four people aboard the Cessna 172 and Cessna 150 also were killed in Sunday's crash. No one else was hurt.

"There were bodies falling out of the sky," witness Hector Hernandez told KCBS-TV.

Witnesses said one of the planes slammed into the other. One of the aircraft shattered on impact; the other spiraled to the ground, left mostly intact.

The crash occurred about a mile south of Corona Municipal Airport, which doesn't have a staffed control tower. Without the aid of air traffic controllers, pilots are supposed to use visual flight rules when there are clear conditions. The crash is the sixth in the area over the past 10 years.

Seeking pilots: NTSB investigators likely will try to find other pilots in the area who heard any transmission between the two planes.